Experience of switching from a traditional sitting workstation to a sit-stand workstation in sedentary office workers

Work

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-89

  Dutta, Nirjhar ^a   Walton, Thomas ^b   Pereira, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus group; Sedentary time; Work place intervention individual interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOENGINEERING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84940568172     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-141971     Document Type: Article

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